Collar-supporter.



, v PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908. M. L. GASTON &. H. E. MOORE.

COLLAR SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED AUG.24,1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY L. GASTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND HORACE E. MOORE, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

COLLAR-SUPPORTER.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARY L. GASTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, and HORACE E. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar supporters, the object of the invention being to provide a collar supporter which is in part an improvement upon those shown and described in our Patents Nos. 843,885 and 843,886, of February 12, 1907 in that it can be more readily and quickly manufactured with less expensive forms of dies, as well as somewhat more quickly attached and detached, while having all of the advantages of the improvedcollar supporters shown and described in said patents, in that it can be made in one piece and is readily attached and detached, either with the collar off or on the neck, and when attached will remain in such position until manually removed, so as to efiectively maintain the collar in its proper shape, and which can be manufactured at very small cost and without the necessity of a fabric covering.

As stated in our patents, various forms of collar supporters have been patented, but the market demands require a collar supporter which will not injure the collar, which can be readily attached and detached, and when attached will not become prematurely unfastened, and which can be attached without the use of pins or additional fastening means, and without requiring that the delicate or flimsy fabric of the collar shall be grasped or pinched, to its injury, between any part of p the supporter,'which will be inexpensive to manufacture so that they may be sold at a very small price, which will not appreciably increase the thickness of the collar or irritate or scratch the skin, and will, in short, be durable and eflicient for the purpose for which they are made; and it is believed that this readily made and easilyattached and detached collar supporter has each and all of the advantages above set forth.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view, enlarged, of this improved collarsupporter; Fig. 2 is an edge view. thereof; Fig. 3 is a view of this improved] Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 24, 1907.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Serial No. 390,031.

collar supporter attached to the inner side of a collar, illustrating one of the actual sizes of the supporter as made; Fig. 4 is an edge view of the supporter attached to the collar as illustrated in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a per spective view, enlarged, of one end of this improved collar supporter. 4

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the different figures of the drawings.

This improved collar supporter, one embodiment of which is shown in the drawings, and three or more of which are usually used to maintain the collar in its proper shape,

one at the rear and one at each side of the neck of the wearer, comprises a flexible or resilient member or strip 2, preferably of flat metal such as thin sheet steel of suitable gage, each end 3 and 4 of which is provided, either integrally or otherwise, but preferably the former construction, and projecting from the fiat side or face thereof, with a pair of bent portions or tongues 5 and 6 extending in planes approximately transverse to eachother, that is to say, the end or outer tongue projects approximately in a plane at right angles to the strip, while the inner tongue of the pair projects in the general direction of the strip or toward said end or outer tongue, thereby forming a retaining means for the eye or loop of the collar. In the embodiment shown the projections or tongues have their ends slightly curved in the same gen eral direction, which is toward the plane of the strip. This formation of the tongues facilitates the manufacture thereof, since they may be readily struck up from sheet steel, and enables each pair of tongues to form with its companion tongue, a retaining means or loop 8 for the eye or loop 9 of the collar 12. In the present embodiment the pair of tongues at each end are shown as integral, being struck up from the fiat strip, the outer or end tongue 5 bent at a right angle, or nearly so, to the strip of which it forms a part, although it could be entirely straight or bent toward its companiontongue if desired, and curved slightly outward in the general direction of the length of the strip, while the inner tongue 6, formed by cutting the same from the metal strip and struck up therefrom, is bent upward and then outward to project toward its companion tongue to form the retaining loop or eye, it extending, however, in the general direction of the length of the strip and having, as shown in the present embodiment of collar supporter, a somewhat ogee formation or curvature.

The strip may be of spring metal, as sheet steel for instance, or the projections only thereof may be so formed, being suitably tempered after the strip has been formed if desired. In the preferred form the strip is made of resilient material, such as sheet steel, as hereinbefore stated, although it may be made of a suitable metal to match the color 01 the collar, or the metal may be enameled white or black or any other suitable color.

By forming each of the ends of the collar sup orter in the manner shown and descri ed, with one extending in a plane substantially transverse to that of the other, a retaining means is formed at each end of the strip, which is not only easy of manufacture b dies, but is readily attachable and detachable to and from the collar, while at the same time when attached it will not work free from the collar, for the reason that the eyes of the collar must be sprung past the inner tongues, and as the collar is usually stretched during this a plication of the collar suporter, it will be immediately apparent that in the. normal position of the collar the tendency is to draw the eyes of such collar into the V-sha ed space formed by the inner tongue an to hold it there, the outer or end tongue being in just the right position to prevent the slipping out of the eyes until the same are manually removed, and that this is accomplished without the necessity of forming one tongue within the other or of curling each tongue at its ends to form an enlarged en The supporter will be made of a length to correspond with the width of the collar 12-if the same is to be used in a vertical position, or if used in a diagonal position it may be made somewhat longer than the width of the collar and the retaining means in the form of the tongues shown will be so bent and located relatively to each other in such a manner that the eyes of the collar must be preferably sprung into position past the tongues, thus insuring their retention when the collar is on the neck.

The collar may be provided with any desired form of eye, but as shown herein it is furnished with metal loops or eyes 9 located one adjacent to the top and bottom edge of the collar, and these may be sewed on or otherwise secured.

We claim as our invention:

1. A collar supporter comprising a strip having at its end a pair of projections each extending throughout substantially its entire length away from the strip, one projecting toward the other with its end in proximity thereto to form retaining means for the havingv at each en insertion and retention of an eye or loop therein.

2. A collar supporter comprising a strip having at its end a pair of projections each extending throughout substantially its entire length away from the strip, the inner projection extending toward the other projection with its end in proximity thereto to form retaining means for the insertion and retention of an eye or loop therein.

3. A collar sup orter comprising a stripl d a pair of projections, eac

projecting throughout substantially its entire length away from said strip, with one projection bent at a greater angle than the other relatively to said strip-and with the end of its companion projectionin proximity to said first projection to' form retaining means whereby an eye or loop may be readily inserted and retained therein.

-4;. A collar supporter comprising a strip having at its end a pair of projections, one lo cated approximately in a plane at a right angle to the strip and the other extending toward its companion projection, with its end in proximity thereto, thereby to. form a retaining means whereby an eye or. loop of a collar may be readily inserted and retained therein.

5. A collar supporter comprising a strip having at its end a pair of projections, one located approximately in a plane at a right angle to the strip and the other extending to ward its companion projection with its end in proximity thereto, thereby to form a retaining means whereby an eye or loop of a collar may be readily inserted and retained therein, the end of one of such projections being slightlybent or curved.

6. A collar supporter comprising a strip having at each end a pair of resilient projections, the end projection being bent up in a plane approximately at a right angle to the strip and the other struck up from said strip and extending toward its companion projection with its end in proximity thereto, thereby to form retaining means whereby an eye or loop of a collar may be readily inserted and retained therein.

7. The combination with a collar having a pair of eyes or loops, of a collar supporter comprising a strip having at each end a pair of projections each extending throughout substantially its entire length away from such strip, one extending toward the other with its end in proximity thereto to form retaining means for the rece tion of the eye or loop, which may be readi y inserted and retained therein.

MARY L. GASTON. HORACE. E. MOORE. WVitnesses C. A. WEED, F. E. BOYCE. 

